Hospitality Technology Magazine reports that Domino's Pizza ranked No. 1 in online ordering sales in the first quarter 2009 with a 28 percent share. In the past 24 months, Domino's jumped from an 11 percent share to a 28 percent share. In CY2008, Domino...

I spent time with Tyler Davey of Infusion Development at HITEC. Infusion is a licensed reseller of Microsoft consumer entertainment and devices technologies like XBox, Zune and Media Center. Using these technologies, Infusion creates Experience Lounges...

Bryson Koehler, IHG VP of Revenue and Guest Technology, demonstrating their “In the Know” Surface solution to Hospitality Press at HITEC. IHG has announced “ In the Know ”, a virtual concierge solution based on Microsoft Surface. As of HITEC, IHG...

Now that HITEC is over, it’s time to get back to normal (professionally and personally)… finish up the MS fiscal year and get ready for the next. While I got in a fair amount of blog posts and tweets at HITEC, I didn’t get to cover as much as I’d expected...

There’s been lots of interest in Microsoft Tag from HITEC participants. I had some great conversations yesterday on Tag and how to use it in the industry… Guest Loyalty scenarios, self-service check-in and many more.   Here are some good shots of...

Lots to discuss from today, but now it’s time to head out to watch the Anaheim Angels.   I’ll have more later, but here are a few pics from today   Quite a Crowd Checking Out Surface     Sonoma Partners talking CRM & Franchise...

Here’s my first look at the booth yesterday, clearly with a bit of work yet to do.   Compared to years past, Setup was a breeze. Even the Win7 Touch Demos went smoothly. We got done early enough for a relaxing team dinner. I can’t remember the last...

I’m heading to the airport shortly for Anaheim and HITEC 2009 . We’ve been working on this for a while now and I’m glad it’s finally here. I’ll be posting updates, pictures, webcasts and more from the show. I’ll post updates here and on my Twitter feed...

Our team is either in transit or heading to Anaheim tomorrow. While there are a few things still left to do, we’re pretty well set for the the show. Following is a very brief snapshot of what we’ll be talking about.  Here’s the final mock up of what...

Time to continue the introductions to the Microsoft Hospitality Team. Mark Scanlan was one of the first people I met in person after joining the Hospitality Team. We met by accident in the hotel lobby in advance of an industry event and hit if off right...

As announced earlier , the Microsoft Hospitality Team is running a Tag Hunt game at HITEC. For this event, we’ve been working with BoothHunters . I’ve known the team behind BoothHunter for a long time and they always do great work. But I have to say I...

We’ll be running a “Tag Hunt” at HITEC called “Tag You’re It!”. To play, simply visit all the participating Microsoft Partners at the show and Snap their Tags. As you snap individual Tags, you’ll get a brief description of each partner and their solution...

I’ve mentioned before that I’m part of a great team here at Microsoft dedicated entirely to the hospitality industry. Since there are so many other people that work as hard as me (or in many cases harder) to make Microsoft successful in this industry...

Our team is working on some pretty interesting things for HITEC . Among them, we’re planning on some very cool uses of Microsoft Tag . I’ll have more updates shortly, but you should see Tag’s all over the show floor. If you’d like the chance to win some...

Microsoft announces the creation of the “Social Enterprise Alliance” , a partnership centered on the customization and integration of MOSS for the purposes of creating social computing solutions. The alliance is a collaborative partnership between Telligent...

As we have for the last several years, Microsoft will have a big presence at HITEC (the worlds largest hospitality technology event). Leading up to the event in Anaheim (June 22-25), I will be posting on Microsoft’s plans for HITEC and some of the things...

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced Bing Travel , a new online resource for travelers and part of the overall rollout of the Bing Decision Engine. Bing Travel helps consumers make better informed decisions around travel, including flights, hotels and...